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Review of The Cult of Water

The cult of water, by Oddfellows casino, is an ethereal and inspiring exploration of water as a spiritual force in the human psyche. Perhaps better described as an audiobook, but that undersells the use of music to build a mindset and feeling in the listener. The entire album is the tale of one man’s relationship

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Folklore Thursday: Burning of the bones

The modern word bonfire posibly comes from the portmantu of ‘bone fire’. This is an old tradition of on holy days when a large fire would be lit bones would be cast into the fire to burn.It was said this would give those around the fire protection from malignant forces. This works in a very

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Cool Finds: esoteric politics

Cool finds for Wednesday 6th February So Part of why I started this blog was because I wanted to create a place that blended the politics, aesthetics and ideas of Solarpunk with the frameworks and ideas and concepts offered in paganism. Its a pretty rare combination, but its something which can actually have some really

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New years and retrospection: How ritualizing retrospection and long-term thinking is helpful

As I’ve grown older, I’ve learnt to appreciate new years more and more. Mostly because it means for a few days self reflection becomes the norm. Not just individually, but collectively as a society. Media of all stripes becomes filled with articles and programs looking back on the past year as a collective whole, trying

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